Re: question about initializing variables to 0

On May 3, 3:14 pm, glen herrmannsfeldt <g...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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It would also make a difference in formatted I/O. For list
directed and G format output it will change the formatting
of the result. Otherwise, it would be a mismatch to the
appropriate descriptor type.

Well, the difference would apply only to O, not I/O (you
can't read into a literal). Yes, that would matter in Fortran.
(So, that brings my count up to seven. If someone comes
up with another that would be a surprise.)

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J. Giles

"I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software
design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously
no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated
that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare

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